It was pro-family in the public policy sense. The best public policy (and the science and sociological studies confirm this) is where the maximum amount of children are raised by their biological parents. Therefore, any policy which promotes and supports that being the case would be good public policy. Anything that dilutes or discourages that, would be bad public policy. Granted, same-sex-marriage isn't the only problem, as no-fault-divorce already greatly damaged the instution of marriage. But, further damage isn't going to build a stronger society. Again, I'm talking public policy, not how two or more individuals choose to relate to each other. The State already permits same-sex-marriage, it just doesn't promote it, through licensing it.

And, if Mozilla were truly inclusive, it would also be inclusive of people who don't support same-sex-marriage. Doesn't anyone else find it a bit odd that an inclusivity policy's action is to exclude? If Eich had come into Mozilla, and started firing LGBT folks, or not hiring LGBT folks, that would be a different story. All he did was show he disagreed with this group. But, that's enough, I guess, for the thought-police to jump into action. You bow to the LBGT cause, or you pay the price. (Tolerance???)

In a perfect world, there would be no issue to deal with to begin with.

...is that it won't stop here. Assuredly other pressure groups on both the left and the right are going to be scanning political contribution records for "enemy CEOs" they can raise a stink about so they'll be forced to resign. And if you can take out a CEO, why not make an example of a mid-level executive? Or an ordinary employee living paycheck to paycheck (the people in the worst position to fight back)? Perhaps community activists can identify "evil oppressors" in their apartment complexes and sign up their neighbors to "petition" the landlord to evict them. Or as long as plausible deniability can be maintained, why not arrange for baseball bats to be thrown through some front windows so the occupants of the vandalized homes have some incentive to keep their mouths shut?

Blacklisting is blacklisting. Persecution is persecution. Even when it's done by the Good Guys.

Perception plays a big part in everything. You call what Eich donated to a 'pro-family' campaign. I don't see how that campaign was pro-family at all. Should his donation have affected his standing at Mozilla? The perception of Mozilla, even the for-profit arm, as being more inclusive would seem to point toward yes. In a perfect world, it wouldn't. But, then again, in a perfect world Eich wouldn't have made his campaign donation.

No doubt, that's probably what happened. It's just sad that people's ability to think is so degraded that such a thing would generate that kind of negative market force. I mean, other CEOs have donated as much as 10 MILLION to LGBT causes, yet this guy donates $1000 to a pro-family political campaign, a number of years ago, and gets this kind of witch-hunt reaction.

It's one thing to even be pro-LGBT, but quite another to be for bad public policy. Prop 8 (and other movements like it) aren't hateful or anti-LGBT necessarily, but simply promoting good public policy. That ANYONE should be opposed to it is a bad sign for the country. While I understand the activists failure to think it through, I'm saddened that average person seems to be so swayed (I think it's over 50% of the population now!).

Actually, from a buisness point of view, Eich was hurting Mozilla's brand. The market spoke, and he resigned (or was pushed), which is a free marketer's dream. Don't worry, he probably was handed a big check to asuage his feelings.

I suppose this falls under the category of protest, and then a company reacting to the protest, but I find it ironic given the 'tolerance' position so often advocated by the LGBT crowd. Of course, that's just empty rhetoric, as the acivists forwarding this cause are zero-tolerance folks; you either promote their cause or you pay.

But, I wish there were a bit more actual thought put into this, especially from the general public. I understand falling for this if you're a follower of the activists, but I'm saddened about the general public being so easily taken in by the empty rhetoric of this position. They fall for words like 'equality' and 'rights,' when simply put same-sex-marriage is simply bad public policy. Now one can't be against bad public policy without retaliation from the angry mobs. Sad state of affairs, folks.

Well said, anon7252469949. Anyone not already in public service should be able to express their viewpoints respectfully. Those views should be treated with respect, even when we disagree. Just because he's a CEO doesn't mean he should be vilified for holding an opinion that others may not like.

Isn't it interesting that Mozilla's CEO was driven out of office by the group that demands the most tolerance for their views but gives the least in return? The LGBT community should be ashamed of themselves. They have been exposed as the true frauds that they are: selfish, self centered, intolerant bigots.

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